Hydrocolloids
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Locust Bean Gum (E410)
Locust Bean Gum is a natural compound extracted from the seeds of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree grown mainly in the Mediterranean regions. Our Locust Bean Gum comes from the Italian territory.
The seeds of the Locust Bean Gum, called carats, were used to weigh gold and precious gems in ancient times.
It is a common substitute for cocoa and available in different viscosities.
Applications:
Used as an additive, the Locust Bean Gum has a thickening, emulsifying, stabilizing and gelling function.
Locust Bean Gum is a food additive used in ice cream, sweets, confetti, baked goods and confectionery, but also in the textile and paper industries.
Gum Guar (E412)
Hydrocolloid from the milling of guar seeds, a tree typical of India and Pakistan, but also grown in China and Usa from July to December.
It is available in flakes and powder with different viscosity: 3500-5000 cps/200 mesh.
Applications:
In food as a thickener and binder of free water, in bakery and dairy products, ice cream, dressings and sauces, beverages, cosmetics and for pet food.
Gum Tragacanth (E413)
A natural polysaccharide obtained from “Astragalus” plants, native to the South-East of Europe or the South-West of Asia.
It is available in flakes and powder, it is viscous, odourless, tasteless and insoluble in water.
Applications:
As thickener and emulsifier both in food and textile, chemical and pharma fields.
Gum Xanthan (E415)
Hydrocolloid obtained from the fermentation of the polysaccharide secreted by bacterium Xanthomonas Campestris.
It is available in food grade and other qualities: 80-200 mesh, with different viscosities: 1.200 and 1.600 cps.
Applications:
As stabilizer, thickener, emulsioner and suspending agent in food (bakery, fruit preparation), beverages, pharma and cosmetic industry, suitable for technical and high transparency application.
Gum Karaya (E416)
Polysaccharide exuded from the Indian tree “Sterculia”.
It presents the same characteristics of gum tragacanth and has an excellent thickening function.
Applications:
It extends food conservation period preventing it from deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat going rancid and colour variation.
Gum Ester (E445)
It is an oil-soluble food additive, a complex mixture of glycerol with resin acids form wood rosin (pine tree resin). The rosin is obtained by the solvent extraction of aged pine stumps followed by solvent refining process.
Applications:
As stabilizer in non-alcoholic drinks, especially in carbonated drinks and in citrus based drinks, maintaining a uniform suspension. As a binding agent is used in confectionary and in some paint formulation. For its ability to provide adhesion it is used in the adhesive industry.
Gum Damar
It is a natural resin obtained from the Dipterocarpaceae family of the trees in Indonesia, Malay and Siam.
It is readily soluble in spirits and gives very pale lms with high gloss, impermeable and excellent colour stability.
It is available in tears, fragments and powder.
Applications:
Used in lacquers to produce gloss and provide adhesive properties; as ingredient in ink, polish, varnishes;as a clouding or glazing agent in food; used in beverages and emulsions by improving freeze-thaw stability.
Carnauba Wax (E903)
It is obtained from the leaves of a palm tree known as Copernica Cerifera.
It is available in flakes and powder T1 and T3.
Applications:
Used to polish sugar almonds, to polish leather, oilskins and soaps, to harden candles, pencils and pastels manufacturing;
premium quality waxes mainly used in cosmetics.
Shellac (E904)
It is an enteric coating agent derived from a natural resin lac, secreted by the tiny insect kerria lacca.
The quality and specification depend on the raw material as well as the process used for refining. Shellac is a dewaxed and decolorized materials.
Applications:
Confectionery, food and fruit coating, taste masking.
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